Hi all - Names John from Preston. Am just about to start building myself a track car so as not to kill my road cars anymore on track.
Was looking for abit of advise re a Mk 2 escort.
Now please go gentle on me - I know sweet Fa about fords as I'm a Pug man through and through
My Grandad has a Ghia 4 door in his garage. been sat there for almost 10 years now doing nothing. No major rust anywhere - Quite mint really
Only thing is its automatic with a puny 1.6 x flow.
How much work would be needed to get the car upto track standards in both handling and power aspects ?
I've also been told that Granada's around A reg had the Rs 2000 engine in them - Anyone know if thats true ? As I can get an A reg Granada for peanuts ( Another of grandads collection )
I have a choice - Its either do the Mk 2 scort and have lots of rwd fun - or Buy a 205 GTI and dump an Mi 16 engine in - The 205 would be stupid quick after abit of work, but I doubt it would be as much fun as the scort

All help and advice greatly recieved

John

 

Welcome to the board,i would go with the scort and have lots of fun,if you get yourself a copy of classic ford there is many a useful number in there.

 

hi kipps, id love a mk 2, go for it mate, and welcome too,

 

The auto is a better starting point because it has a bigger transmission tunnel just fit the manual pedal box and you are away.

Don't bother with the 2 litre 16 valve Granada engine as they also made a 2.3 litre with exactly the same external dimensions giving more torque, both the 2 litre and 2.3 Granada engines came with lower lift cams than the RS2000 giving less power but the RS cams bolt straight into the granada engine

Mark